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class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But your iniquities<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> are separating you</p><p class="poem">from your God,</p><p class="poem">and your sins have hidden his face from you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">so that he does not listen.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For your hands are defiled with blood</p><p class="poem">and your fingers, with iniquity;</p><p class="poem">your lips have spoken lies,</p><p class="poem">and your tongues mutter injustice.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>No one makes claims justly;</p><p class="poem">no one pleads honestly.</p><p class="poem">They trust in empty and worthless words;</p><p class="poem">they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They hatch viper’s eggs</p><p class="poem">and weave spider’s webs.</p><p class="poem">Whoever eats their eggs will die;</p><p class="poem">crack one open, and a viper is hatched.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Their webs cannot become clothing,</p><p class="poem">and they cannot cover themselves with their works.</p><p class="poem">Their works are sinful works,</p><p class="poem">and violent acts are in their hands.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Their feet run after evil,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and they rush to shed innocent blood.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They have not known the path of peace,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and there is no justice in their ways.</p><p class="poem">They have made their roads crooked;</p><p class="poem">no one who walks on them will know peace.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore justice is far from us,</p><p class="poem">and righteousness does not reach us.</p><p class="poem">We hope for light, but there is darkness;</p><p class="poem">for brightness, but we live in the night.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>We grope along a wall like the blind;</p><p class="poem">we grope like those without eyes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;</p><p class="poem">we are like the dead among those who are healthy.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We all growl like bears</p><p class="poem">and moan like doves.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">We hope for justice, but there is none;</p><p class="poem">for salvation, but it is far from us.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For our transgressions have multiplied before you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and our sins testify against us.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">For our transgressions are with us,</p><p class="poem">and we know our iniquities:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.12.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>transgression and deception against the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">turning away from following our God,</p><p class="poem">speaking oppression and revolt,</p><p class="poem">conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Justice is turned back,</p><p class="poem">and righteousness stands far off.</p><p class="poem">For truth has stumbled in the public square,</p><p class="poem">and honesty cannot enter.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Truth is missing,</p><p class="poem">and whoever turns from evil is plundered.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> saw that there was no justice,</p><p class="poem">and he was offended.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He saw that there was no man —</p><p class="poem">he was amazed that there was no one interceding;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">so his own arm brought salvation,</p><p class="poem">and his own righteousness supported him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He put on righteousness as body armor,</p><p class="poem">and a helmet of salvation on his head;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,</p><p class="poem">and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So he will repay according to their deeds:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">fury to his enemies,</p><p class="poem">retribution to his foes,</p><p class="poem">and he will repay the coasts and islands.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They will fear the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> in the west</p><p class="poem">and his glory in the east;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.59.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for he will come like a rushing stream<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">driven by the wind of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“The Redeemer<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will come to Zion,</p><p class="poem">and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.59.21" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“As for me, this is my covenant with them,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> says the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>: “My Spirit who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.59.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.59" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.59.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.19">59:19</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">sunrise</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.59" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.1">59:1</a></span> Nm 11:23; Is 50:2; Jr 32:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.2">59:2</a></span> Is 13:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.2">59:2</a></span> Dt 31:17–18; 32:20; Is 50:6; Ezk 39:29; Mc 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.2">59:2</a></span> Dt 3:26; 23:5; Jb 35:13; Is 1:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.4">59:4</a></span> Jb 15:35; Ps 7:14; Is 33:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.7">59:7-8</a></span> Rm 3:15–17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.7">59:7</a></span> Pr 1:16; 6:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.7">59:7</a></span> Mk 7:21–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.8">59:8</a></span> Lk 1:79</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.8">59:8</a></span> Is 57:20–21</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.10">59:10</a></span> Dt 28:29; Jb 5:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.11">59:11</a></span> Is 38:14; Ezk 7:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.12">59:12</a></span> Ezr 9:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.12">59:12</a></span> Is 3:9; Jr 14:7; Hs 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.12.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.12">59:12</a></span> Is 13:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.16">59:16</a></span> Is 41:28; 63:5; Ezk 22:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.17">59:17</a></span> Eph 6:14,17; 1Th 5:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.17">59:17</a></span> Is 9:7; 37:32; Zch 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.18">59:18</a></span> Jr 25:14; Rv 22:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.19">59:19</a></span> Ps 113:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.19">59:19</a></span> Is 30:28; 66:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.20">59:20</a></span> Is 41:14; 43:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.20">59:20-21</a></span> Ezk 18:30–31; Rm 11:26–27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.21">59:21</a></span> Jr 31:31–34</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.59.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.59.21">59:21</a></span> Is 51:16</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.59" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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